The American Concrete Institute is pleased to host the ACI Concrete Convention in San Francisco on April 2-6.

The U.S. Census Bureau launched a new experimental data product that features monthly construction spending estimates for private manufacturing. These estimates measure the construction work done on private new manufacturing structures or improvements to existing structures and include the cost of labor and materials, architectural and engineering work, overhead, interest, taxes paid during construction and contractor’s profits.

Construction firms added 25,000 employees in January and raised wages for hourly workers more steeply than other sectors, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government data.

BACnet International is pleased to announce Michael Osborne as the new technical advisor for BACnet Testing Laboratories. BACnet International is an industry association that facilitates the successful use of the BACnet protocol in building automation and control systems through interoperability testing, educational programs and promotional activities.

American Iron and Steel Institute Regional Director of Codes and Standards Jon-Paul Cardin, P.E., will conduct a webinar on “Cold-Formed Steel—Latest Design Provisions” on March 14 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Central Time as part of a new National Council of Structural Engineers Associations series.

Officials identified a Philadelphia worker who died in a construction accident in late February, according to Marcella Baietto of CBS Philadelphia. The scene of the accident is still undergoing safety inspections.

SmartEquip is the leading technology standard for equipment life cycle management, service and procurement support for the construction industry, with over $1.4 billion in equipment parts ordered through its network each year.

Total construction spending decreased by 0.4 percent in December, yet industry job openings at the end of the month set a new high for December, according to an assessment the Associated General Contractors of America conducted Feb. 1 of two new federal data sets.

JDM Technology Group, a leading global software business of best-in-class software providers, has acquired Kenton, Ohio-based AllMax Software. AllMax makes wastewater, water, CMMS and pre-treatment software.

Bentley Systems announced forthcoming retirements.